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  • Obi Martin: Not Marooned

    Obi Martin: Not Marooned

    Not Marooned

    by Obi Martin

    Since I had never taught or taken an AP class before, I went on College Central’s website to figure out what it takes to make an AP world literature class different Continue reading . . . “Obi Martin: Not Marooned”

    Anita Yoder: Hearth

    Anita Yoder: Hearth

    Hearth

    by Anita Yoder

    What ember sparks,
    Alights your eyes?
    It harks to mine and
    Begs to hold
    My eyes and warm them. Continue reading . . . “Anita Yoder: Hearth”

    Joella Wadel: Ill Gaiety

    Joella Wadel: Ill Gaiety

    Ill Gaiety

    by Joella Wadel

    I take this walk.
    Affection cold, corroded steel—
    Company unnecessary—
    Solitude an uncanny, joyful occasion. Continue reading . . . “Joella Wadel: Ill Gaiety”

    Jeremy Troyer: After an Ice Storm

    Jeremy Troyer: After an Ice Storm

    After an Ice Storm

    by Jeremy Troyer

    Outside my window, branches fall
    from the ice of a long day.
    The winter rains did not nourish them,
    and now in the darkness, I hear them cracking Continue reading . . . “Jeremy Troyer: After an Ice Storm”

    Phoebe Anthus: Friday Night

    Phoebe Anthus: Friday Night

    Friday Night

    by Phoebe Anthus

    Tired ankles creak from the weight of the week
    where we have toiled in an Eden gone mad with grief.

    And now we sit on the rim of the night,
    stretched bleak as the highway roads, Continue reading . . . “Phoebe Anthus: Friday Night”

    Leaf 2020 is available!

    Leaf 2020 is available!

    Dear readers,

    The 2020 issue of the Leaf is now available for purchase on our website. It includes many original poems, as well as some that have been published on the Curator in the past year. Continue reading . . . “Leaf 2020 is available!”

    Daniel Hess: Mack

    Daniel Hess: Mack

    Mack

    by Daniel Hess

    Look at the pad of your thumb
    magnify the size, round it some,
    harden the print, trace
    and duplicate in rough Continue reading . . . “Daniel Hess: Mack”

    Marilyn Martin: Magic

    Marilyn Martin: Magic

    Magic

    by Marilyn Martin

    Etymology of Glamour:

    From Scots glamer, from earlier Scots gramarye (“magic, enchantment, spell”).

    Continue reading . . . “Marilyn Martin: Magic”

    Joella Wadel: September Baby

    Joella Wadel: September Baby

    September Baby

    by Joella Wadel

    Go, gilded flag of goldenrod—
    Announce the autumn guest
    Perform in haste my bright command
    Make genial request Continue reading . . . “Joella Wadel: September Baby”

    David Shafer: Autumn Leaf

    David Shafer: Autumn Leaf

    autumn leaf

    by David Shafer

    a whisper on a shallow breath
    drifting to a gentle death
    the leaf, it falls without a sound
    to join his fellows on the ground Continue reading . . . “David Shafer: Autumn Leaf”

    Daniel Hess: Enough

    Daniel Hess: Enough

    Enough

    By Daniel Hess

    Like Obi, I want the confrontation of words;
    the solid smack, the concrete slapping and fact
    inhabiting onslaught of meaning and sound.
    Like Mr. Bultititude, my good friend Jer, and maybe you, Continue reading . . . “Daniel Hess: Enough”

    Kyle Lehman: We Wake to Sleep

    Kyle Lehman: We Wake to Sleep

    We Wake to Sleep

    by Kyle Lehman

    We wake to sleep, we breathe to cry.
    Our mothers dreamed and brought us forth to die;
    For every cradle opens up a grave,
    And every child is one we cannot save. Continue reading . . . “Kyle Lehman: We Wake to Sleep”

    Christopher Good: The Flood

    Christopher Good: The Flood

    The Flood

    by Christopher Good

    I knew a man once
    (not fourteen days ago)
    who went down into Jordan, rain falling
    down and down, the dirty water Continue reading . . . “Christopher Good: The Flood”

    Is This Pressure or Erasure?

    Is This Pressure or Erasure?

    Is This Pressure or Erasure?

    by Conrad Martin
    A meditation on “This Is Pressure, Not Erasure,” by Shannon Blank

    Say you are walking along the seashore—that place where land and water seam together—and when you could have stopped, you keep on walking, because you are alone. Continue reading . . . “Is This Pressure or Erasure?”

    Abigail Heatwole: Days of Rain

    Abigail Heatwole: Days of Rain

    Days of Rain

    by Abigail Heatwole

    Chill, bleak, despairing.
    Weeks of it.
    Rain taps unceasingly on the roof,
    rain slides tirelessly over the window panes, Continue reading . . . “Abigail Heatwole: Days of Rain”

    Joella Wadel: Neighbor

    Joella Wadel: Neighbor

    Neighbor

    by Joella Wadel

    Who are you—I want to know—
    under the arched brow?
    I could have passed by minutes earlier
    and never experienced now. Continue reading . . . “Joella Wadel: Neighbor”

    Shannon Blank: This Is Pressure, Not Erasure

    Shannon Blank: This Is Pressure, Not Erasure

    This Is Pressure, Not Erasure

    by Shannon Blank

    This thing I have not in my mind
    but body
    and not a thing but place I have
    here knotted uptight oddly. Continue reading . . . “Shannon Blank: This Is Pressure, Not Erasure”

    Grace Hertzler: Captivated

    Grace Hertzler: Captivated

    Captivated

    by Grace Hertzler

    I’m waiting for the moon to top the trees.
    I can’t abandon her just yet, so please
    let me remain here with the whippoorwills.
    The moonlight mesmerizes. Continue reading . . . “Grace Hertzler: Captivated”

    Josiah Peachey: Watchman

    Josiah Peachey: Watchman

    Watchman

    by Josiah Peachey

    Watchman what of the night?
    Watchman what of . . .
    Watchman what?
    Watchman . . . Continue reading . . . “Josiah Peachey: Watchman”

    Daniel Hess: Pot-luck

    Daniel Hess: Pot-luck

    Pot-luck

    by Daniel Hess

    I’m leaning, once again determinist
    Digesting, once again a pot-luck meal
    Maybe luck has missed or, doubly,
    Demigods have doomed my paper plated will Continue reading . . . “Daniel Hess: Pot-luck”

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